Love of the Fox

The world is in the early Ming dynasty, where Daoist sects, demon clans, and ghost cultivators coexist. Demons roam the mountains and forests, and demon-hunting sects abound, among them both righteous factions and those who are cruel and fanatical. In the heavens, the Old Lord and immortal birds and cranes hold authority over the Heavenly Dao, karma, and reincarnation. Jiang Xinnan, a high school senior who struggles with his studies, is sharp-tongued and bold. While climbing a wall to skip class, he makes a careless joke that somehow really does pull the thousand-year-old fox demon Chu Yaqing into an illusion. The silver chain he has worn since childhood suddenly grows hot, and the two of them fall into the mountains and forests of the Ming dynasty. Chu Yaqing wakes with a thousand years of memories, but her cultivation has been locked by time, leaving her in the naive state of someone who has only just taken human form. Jiang Xinnan, a modern boy who can't even pass history, becomes the only person she can rely on as she returns to this era. The thousand-year-old fox demon has lost all her fighting power, while the modern boy is tough-talking but soft-hearted. The two of them, one boy and one fox, get into plenty of scrapes in their mountain cave home. But their peaceful days don't last long. Her identity gradually comes to light, while old grudges close in at every turn. He is kept out of the affair, forced to watch as she falls into danger. At the critical moment, fragments of sealed memories quietly awaken. He steps in front of her and says the words she has waited a thousand years to hear. It turns out their meeting was never a coincidence.